{"id":548,"date":"2008-11-08T15:31:07","date_gmt":"2008-11-08T19:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iomaire.com\/?p=548"},"modified":"2008-11-08T18:05:57","modified_gmt":"2008-11-08T22:05:57","slug":"adventures-in-asheville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iomaire.com\/index.php\/2008\/11\/08\/adventures-in-asheville\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Asheville"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a hectic three-day trip to Floyd County, VA, I drove south, to Asheville, where a recently retired friend of mine lives. I hadn’t seen him since March and he seems to be settling into retirement well, given the scary financial situation that all retirees are facing these days! He took me on a tour of downtown Asheville on the first day and we had lunch at Doc Shays, an Oriental restaurant which I thought served really tasty food. I’ve seen reviews that said differently, but I’d go back! I loved the architecture of some of the restored buildings in Asheville, though I didn’t take enough pictures. Here is a shot of the restored S&W Building:<\/p>\n

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Not the best shot, I realize, but those fancy street lights got in the way! <\/p>\n

I’m a real sucker for doors, for some reason, and on one of the streets north of Pack Square, I found these beauties:<\/p>\n

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I love the rounded top and the rough texture of the planks that make up the doors! I suppose I could have used some kind of flash to eliminate the afternoon sunlight patterns on the doors, but I like those, too. Right next to these double doors was this single door:<\/p>\n

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Again, I love the pattern of the shadows on the door and the irregular width of the planks with the rough marks on them. I wonder if they were salvaged doors from an old church in Europe or whether they were locally made. Perhaps some denizen of Asheville will be able to tell me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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